The Trump administration anticipates that more than 3,000 Americans will be dying each day of COVID-19 by June 1, according to a newly revealed internal government document obtained by the New York Times.
“We met the challenge and surpassed all expectations!!”
Oh goody! And all we’ve done is open a few beaches? 3K ain’t squat lets get them nail salons open and bring back the proms.
That’s what I call doing a “great job!”
MAGA!
"We will have so much winning losing if I get elected. . . "
@tamdai Here’s your holy shit moment.
Louisiana Democratic Governor John Bel Edwards-- and New Orleans Mayor Latoya Cantrell deserve credit for their steadfast efforts to flatten the curve. When GOPers challenged him, Edwards said, there are four million people in the state and some disagree with me. He recently took flak for extending the stayathome orders until May 15. He said that while New Orleans was doing well, other regions of the state were seeing an uptick. Louisiana stands out nationally and also in comparison to Georgia, Texas, Florida, Alabama and Mississippi. It did matter that we re-elected a Democrat last fall instead of falling for Trump’s goober, Eddie Rispone.
225k cases per day seems wildly off. I think the projections make sense if they’re saying 25k cases per day continuing relatively unabated through May.
The Trump administration anticipates that more than 3,000 Americans will be dying each day of COVID-19 by June 1, according to a newly revealed internal government document obtained by the New York Times.
When the Trump administration produces reports that are likely accurate but in no way supported by the person whose administration it is, I think we have the kind of shadow government that I can totally get behind.
It’s the “You’re On Your Own” solution to Pandemics.
Fake news from failing NY Times in 3, 2, 1…
He really can’t stop winning, can he?
Why it was only yesterday that the Infection-in Chief predicted a mere 100K. I’m sure he’ll tell CDC to start using his numbers because he knows pandemics. Better than anybody.
A formal presentation to accompany this PPT deck with questions from the press and medical professionals would be helpful. I can’t see caseloads rising to 200k per day. I definitely see caseloads persisting in the 20k-30k range throughout May. The impact on fatalities is the same.
Trump properties are losing money which means another bankruptcy which means the truth of how little he is worth would come out.
He appears to be willing to sacrifice as many American lives that it takes to fill his hotels and golf courses and protect his incompetent business practices.
Mortality Accomplished!!!
Both Edwards and Cantrell had it within their power to cancel the Mardi Gras parade but they didn’t. One big reason was that the message from Washington, no, make that the message from trumPP, was that everything was under control, we’d be down to zero shortly, etc. and they believed they were going to get too much resistance and downright defiance.
Nevertheless, less than three weeks later there were 17,000 cases and 600+plus deaths, and it hit the black communities where health care has always been unreliable particularly hard.
“The document says that new cases will grow to a rate of around 225,000 per day by June 1, and that deaths will reach around 3,000 per day by the same date.”
I’m pretty sure there’s a typo there and it needs to be corrected quickly. I think it’s meant to read 3,000 per day by June 1 and “deaths will reach around 225,000 by the same date.”
225,000 is an alarming number at any rate, but I can’t see how 225,000 per day makes sense given the rest of the content here.
When this is over, Trump is out, and there’s a vaccine, I want Trump and Kushner indicted for complicit homicide.
It seems like there’s a disconnect between a projected 1000% increase in daily new cases and a 50% increase in daily deaths.
As I look at the PPT, I think reporters gleaned this from the graph, not from the write-up. I think if you smooth the curve a bit through June, one could see daily case loads rise to that level in Aug-Sept.